G. K. Chesterton: a biography

G. K. Chesterton: a biography

Ker, Ian

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This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humour, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life. INDICE: 1: The Early Years; 2: Publishing and Engagement; 3: Marriage and Fame; 4: Controversy; 5: Dickens; 6: Orthodoxy; 7: Shaw and Beaconsfield; 8: Father Brown and the Marconi Scandal; 9: The Victorian Compromise and Illness; 10: War and Travel; 11: America and Conversation; 12: The Everlasting Man; 13:Distributism and Apologetics; 14: Rome and America Again; 15: The Last Years

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-960128-8
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 784
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés